Category Archives: Current Affairs

Imagine trying to teach your language to your children without the help of books – how difficult would that be? That’s why Project KALA needs your help! Despite the prevalence of colonial languages across ...

In the final week of Black History Month 2015 and Theresa May seems to have just cottoned on that diversity in our public services, especially the police force, are nonrepresentational of the society they serve. ...

The genocide which took place in Rwanda in 1994 was inconceivable after the horror of the Holocaust. To think that the world could allow 1,952,078 people to be massacred over 100 days will remain a deep scar in the ...

Nowadays it is not unusual to see members of the police force from a wide range of backgrounds – all proud to be British and protecting their fellow Brits. However, not so long ago, a mere forty-seven years ago ...

Meet Songhoy Blues, a north Malian blues-rock quartet whose influences span from contemporary rock to more traditional-sounding Malian folk music. This foursome is unique to say the least, and groundbreaking, ...

Keen environmentalists know that there are many energy alternatives to fracking for oil – wind water and…urine? Back in 2012, four teenage Nigerian girls ingeniously worked out a way to use their wee to ...

Jeremy Corbyn, in this first week of Black History Month, quoted the inimitable poet and writer Ben Okri, one of many great black Britons. Unfortunately, it seems the media and TV stations in the UK don’t seem to ...

Europeans love crowdfunding. Rather than giving to established charities, we are choosing to invest our charity money into projects that are close to our hearts. Now, a new platform is being marketed which enables ...

Historically, independence has always been something worth fighting for. The number of wars started and continuing in the world today in a bid for freedom fills our newspapers and bleeds our hearts daily. However, one ...

After months of despairing over the plight of the 300,000 plus refugees stranded at hostile borders across Europe, after struggling with the embarrassment of the UK government’s refusal to act, today the people ...